Category: news/hopewell_valley_news
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Photo contest winners listed
Winners received awards Dec. 8 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer A 7-year-old Hopewell Township boy and his 10-year-old sister are among the winners of Hopewell Township’s 2008 photo contest. The winners received their awards at the Dec. 8 Township Committee meeting. The theme of this year’s contest was “Hopewell at Play.” Winning photos will be…
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HOPEWELL: Housing plan OK’d; on its way to COAH
After Dec. 31, COAH will have 45 days to respond, and the borough will have an additional 45 days to answer By Aleen Crispino, Special Writer Hopewell Borough Council met early Wednesday and voted to endorse an amended affordable housing plan. Officials also authorized the plan’s submission to the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) by…
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PENNINGTON: Central High composters land $10K Lexus grant
Lexus Group grant winners, shown standing above (from left), are seniors Brooke Shaffer, Shelby Veazey and Erin Henry. Freshman Julie Henry is in the foreground. Senior Matt Martin is missing from the photo.
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HOPEWELL: Music Together donates $5,000 for playgrounds
Hopewell Borough playgrounds are scheduled for construction in June By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor Music Together LLC is donating $5,000 to the Hopewell Borough Playground Project (HBPP) to help build new playgrounds at Hopewell Park and at the Hopewell Railroad Station site. Music Together also will hold a fundraising concert for the playground project in…
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NEW HOPE, PA.-Lane closure set for Scudder Falls/I-95 bridge
Date is Dec. 15 The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has announced that the northbound right-hand lane of the Scudder Falls (I-95) Bridge is scheduled to be closed Dec. 15 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The lane closure is required to accommodate contractors that are performing work in the vicinity of the bridge. The planned…
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PENNINGTON: Valley students do well in standardized tests
Well over 90 percent of district’s elementary and middle school students demonstrated a mastery of literacy and math skills By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Students in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District are continuing their longstanding pattern of performing well above state averages in standardized tests, school officials said. ”Despite new state benchmarks which significantly…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Officials designate five historic sites
Five ordinances, one for each site, were adopted By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Five sites were officially designated as historic by the Hopewell Township Committee on Monday night. Five ordinances, one for each site, were adopted by unanimous vote. All five ordinances were backed by the township’s Historic Preservation Commission and Planning Board, which reviewed…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Gene Ramsey loves to study the night sky
Gene Ramsey is shown with one of the Amateur Astronomy Association of Princeton’s two telescopes at an observatory in Washington Crossing State Park.
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PENNINGTON: CHS students raising money for clean water in Kenya
Students, all members of the Model World Health Organization (WHO) Club, have launched a fundraising drive to supply Keroka villagers with simple water purification packets By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Most of us in these parts have always had it this way: you open the faucet, and good, clean water comes out. In many parts…
